"Releasing the power of the web. A completely client-side approach to
e-learning and e-assessment in numerate disciplines"

This session introduces Numbas: a new and unique SCORM-2004 compliant
open-source and multi-platform e-assessment and e-learning system
developed at Newcastle University (UK) that is extensively used there as well at
other UK universities. The session covers the unique features of Numbas, the
advantages that follow from its design, the rationale for its design along with
a comparison with other open-source assessment systems. Plans for the future
development of Numbas within a community of users are also explored.

This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under Grant DUE-0226284.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the author(s)
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
National Science Foundation.